1920s
List two innovations created during this time peroid
Radio, TV, Washing Machine, Vaccum Cleaner
On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
In what region of the country did the Dust Bowl take place?
Mid-West
What does TVA stand for?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What is Coach Daniel's middle name?
Reid
Who invented the process of assembly lines
Henry Ford
What were Hoovervilles?
Groups of shacks that people moved into.
State two causes of the Dust Bowl
extended drought, unusually high temperatures, poor agricultural practices and the resulting wind erosion
FDR's middle name
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Name the four Presidental candidates in the 1912 election
Rooselvelt, Taft, Wilson, Debs
Who wrote the book "The Great Gastby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What was FDR's "Three R's" in getting out of the Great Depression?
Relief, Recovery, Reforms
Which State did most farmers migrate to during the Dust Bowl?
California
Franklin D. Roosevelt belonged to which political party?
Democrat
Name two territories gain from winning the Spanish-American War
Puerto Rico, the Phillipines
List one argument on why the Prohibiton Act was enforced
- Women urged that alcohol was as a destructive force in families and marriages
- Many factory owners supported prohibition in their desire to prevent accidents and increase the efficiency of their workers.
List two causes of the Great Depression
The nickname referred to any poor migrant from the American Southwest migrating out of the mid-west during this time
Okies
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the "mind" behind the New Deal, won the presidential election in 1932 against which president (who had governed between 1929 and 1933)?
Herbert Hoover
What city did the Klu Klux Klan originate in?
Pulaski, TN
Name two major mafia members during this time peroid
Al Capone, Charles Luciano, Bugsy Siegel, and John Dillinger
When did the stock market crash occur?
October, 1929
Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath about a family during the Dust Bowl?
John Steinbeck
What Roosevelt New Deal agency was known as the CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Describe the difference between Lincoln's and Johnson's reconstruction plans
The main difference between Lincoln's plans for reconstruction and Johnson's was in regard to the rights of freedmen following the conclusion of the Civil War. While Lincoln wanted to ensure rights, such as voting, for the formerly enslaved, Johnson's plan did not have these same requirements.